Tokyo Xanadu is a game that I thought about playing for a good chunk of 2017. Having been sucked into Falcom’s vortex through the Legend of Heroes series, tackling an action variant seemed like an idea that made a lot … Continue reading First Impressions: Tokyo Xanadu eX+
For the last decade or so, the Royal Rumble has been an exercise in disappointment. Year after year we’ve seen mediocre storylines, poor match pacing and unwanted winners. You can argue that fans haven’t been happy with the end result … Continue reading Blazing a Trail: The Success of the 2018 Royal Rumble
Michaela usually covers the anime stuff around these parts, but I stumbled on a cover of a song that I adored last night. So we’re breaking the rules and covering that in a series that usually focuses on video games … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Tabi no Tochuu (Spice and Wolf)
Shaun and Michaela have been playing Persona 5 recently, and that has rekindled my itch to dive in again myself. With my time for gaming getting cut down as I go deeper into my 30s, there aren’t very many games … Continue reading Persona 5, and the Rare Joy of Replaying Games
As we jump into the new year, we’re in a time of transition over on our YouTube channel. We’ll be finished with our playthrough of Trails of Cold Steel this week (after six months of videos to get there). Michaela … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Wintry Arrival
We’re back in full swing now that 2018 is over — the break is done and the fun has just begun. Or something. But we’ll have a Dave episode of the podcast tomorrow, and Thursday is the annual Best Of … Continue reading Making Sense of 2017’s Best Video Games
Horizon: Zero Dawn is among several contenders in a stacked 2017 for Game of the Year candidates. There are some years where Horizon would probably have been the clear consensus pick, but in a year with other titans like The … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Prologue (Horizon: Zero Dawn)
I thought the first track I would feature from Super Mario Odyssey was “Jump Up, Super Star!” But I was wrong. The standout track from me is a more unassuming piece that surprises you a bit when you first get … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Steam Gardens (Wooden Kingdom)
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I’ve been playing through Super Mario Odyssey and recording it for the YouTube channel, and while I can’t do a full review yet, I can tell you this: it’s extremely fun. Odyssey has been getting near universal acclaim since its … Continue reading Super Mario Odyssey, and the Joy of Playing
Now that I no longer have a broken PS4, I’m trying to play catch-up on several of the heavy hitters the console has produced this year. It was a coin flip on whether NieR: Automata or Horizon: Zero Dawn would … Continue reading Music to My Ears: City Ruins (NieR: Automata)
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